Jewish Quotations

"Don’t look for more honor than your learning merits. " ~~ Traditional Proverb

"An undeserved title brings more shame than honor." ~~ The Chofetz Chaim

"Follow not the majority in the wrong way, because the many are not always wise!" ~~ Mishle Assaf

"One who guards his mouth and tongue, guards his soul from tribulations. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 21:23

"A childless man is as good as dead." ~~ Talmud, Nedarim

"It is human nature that a man cannot all of a sudden give up all he has grown used to." ~~ Rambam

"Jerusalem which is bound firmly together (Psalms [Tehillim] 122:3) binds the Jews one to the other. " ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Bava Kamma

"Lazy by nature but quick to advise." ~~ Ladino Proverb

"As the stars do not quarrel among themselves, so,too, with the righteous. " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) R.

"The more money, the richer; the more wit, the happier." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua

"The man who tills his land will have bread in plenty. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 28:19

"Put all other sufferings in one side of the scale, and poverty in the other, and poverty would be heavier." ~~ Midrash, Exodus R. 31:12